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The Vampire Diaries · Season 1, Episode 10

“The Turning Point” quotes from The Vampire Diaries

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“The Turning Point” · Season 1, Episode 10

In this episode: Elena Gilbert (2), Stefan Salvatore (2), Damon Salvatore (1), Logan (1)

See, I know what you and your brother are. I've been watching the two of you. I knew you'd show up here. And I'm glad you did. Because I have some questions.

Me first. Who turned you?

How should I know? Last thing I remember is I'm about to stake your brother and then you grabbed me. That's it. Until I wake up in the ground behind a used car dealership on Highway 4. Somebody buried me.

It happens.

You bit me. It had to be you.

You have to have vampire blood in your system when you die. I didn't do that. Some other vampire found you. Gave you their blood.

Who?

That's what I want to know.

Dude! It's not like the welcome wagon was waiting with a bunt cake and a handbook. It's been a learn-as-you-go process. One minute, I'm a small town, on the rise news guy, and the next thing I know, I can't get inside my house because my foot won't go through the door.

You have to be invited in.

I know. I live alone.

Oh, that sucks.

I'm guessing you're not here to plan the path for your future. You're looking out for me.

Hope that's okay. [After a little while] You know I, uh, I wanted to be a doctor before everything happened. But I couldn't, this...

The blood?

Yeah. I've dabbled in a bunch of different things, though.

Didn't love anything enough to stick to it?

No, I've loved it all, I just... I had to move on before anybody could notice that I wasn't...getting any older.

How long before that would happen?

Few years, usually. Sometimes shorter.

And you always left?

I didn't have a choice. So! What about, what about you? What are your plans for the future?

I don't want to talk about my future, Stefan. Because everything you're saying is making it perfectly clear that you're not going to be in it.

No, Elena, it's not that I don't want to be, it's...

You can't, I get it. I heard you the first time, and the second time. And I appreciate you looking out for me, but, please, if you're gonna leave, then just go.

What I said earlier, about you leaving... It was harsh.

No, no, you... You had every right.

You asked me what I wanted my future to be. I wanted to be a writer. My mom sort of pushed me into that direction from the time I was able to read. She supported me, encouraged me, bought me my first journal...and then she died. And I can't see myself being a writer any more. That was something that we shared. I know that you think that you brought all of this bad stuff into my life, but my life already had it. I was buried in it.

This is different.

It doesn't make it any less painful.

I know that it's...that it's hard to understand, but I'm doing this for you. (Gets out of the car, leaving Elena inside)

[Thinks, and gets out of the car, with a determined face] No. You don't get to make that decision for me. If you walk away, it's for you, because I know what I want. Stefan, I love you.

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